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Spring Lake Regional Park is a bike park. All of the trails are paved. One leg connects to the Big Woods Regional Trail, a 12-mile paved bike trail. |
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Hiking Trail running Biking Mountain biking Horseback riding Picnicking Camping Swimming Boating Canoeing Birding Nature photography Horseshoes Volleyball Geocaching Cross country skiing Skate-skiing Winter hiking Snowshoeing Snowmobiling |
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Ecological Province | Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province |
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Ecological Section | Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal |
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Ecological Subsection | Big Woods |
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Land Type Association | Maple Plain Moraine |
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Southern Mesic Maple-Basswood Forest |
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Southern Mesic Maple-Basswood Forest |
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Cattail marsh |
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Hitting the Trails: Spring Lake Regional Park |
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Sep 3, 2020 Spring Lake Regional Park in Prior Lake is our stop on this week's "Hitting The Trails" segment. The regional park features over three miles of paved trails for walkers, runners, bikers and hikers. |
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1/15/2017 5/2/2019 |
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boreal chorus frog (Pseudacris maculata) |
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American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis tabida) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) |
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Artist’s Conk (Ganoderma applanatum) Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa) Hairy Bracket (Trametes hirsuta) |
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eastern boxelder bug (Boisea trivittata) goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis) |
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Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List |
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absinthe wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum) American elm (Ulmus americana) American hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) American plum (Prunus americana) American stinging nettle (Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis) American woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca ssp. americana) big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi) bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis) black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina) black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) common blue violet (Viola sororia) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common duckweed (Lemna minor) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum) cut-leaved toothwort (Cardamine concatenata) early meadow-rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) giant foxtail (Setaria faberi) gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) large-flowered trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) Missouri gooseberry (Ribes missouriense) narrow-leaved purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva) Pennsylvania sedge (Carex pensylvanica) purple meadow-rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum) purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) red clover (Trifolium pratense) red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa) red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea) round-headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata) rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides) spotted water hemlock (Cicuta maculata) sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum) switch grass (Panicum virgatum var. virgatum) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) white clover (Trifolium repens ssp. repens)
Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder) Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum (sugar maple) Achillea millefolium (common yarrow) Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) Andropogon gerardi (big bluestem) Arctium minus (common burdock) Artemisia absinthium (absinthe wormwood) Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) Cardamine concatenata (cut-leaved toothwort) Carex pensylvanica (Pennsylvania sedge) Carya cordiformis (bitternut hickory) Celtis occidentalis (northern hackberry) Cicuta maculata (spotted water hemlock) Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle) Cornus sericea ssp. sericea (red osier dogwood) Dalea purpurea var. purpurea (purple prairie clover) Echinacea angustifolia (narrow-leaved purple coneflower) Fragaria vesca ssp. americana (American woodland strawberry) Galium triflorum (fragrant bedstraw) Geranium maculatum (wild geranium) Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy) Hemerocallis fulva (orange daylily) Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf) Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern redcedar) Lemna minor (common duckweed) Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca (common motherwort) Lespedeza capitata (round-headed bush clover) Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana (American hophornbeam) Panicum virgatum var. virgatum (switch grass) Pastinaca sativa (wild parsnip) Pinus strobus (eastern white pine) Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain) Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen) Prunus americana (American plum) Prunus serotina var. serotina (black cherry) Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry) Quercus ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak) Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa (bur oak) Quercus rubra (northern red oak) Ratibida pinnata (gray-headed coneflower) Ribes missouriense (Missouri gooseberry) Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry) Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa (red elderberry) Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot) Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem) Setaria faberi (giant foxtail) Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum (cup plant) Sorghastrum nutans (Indiangrass) Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion) Thalictrum dasycarpum (purple meadow-rue) Thalictrum dioicum (early meadow-rue) Thalictrum thalictroides (rue anemone) Toxicodendron rydbergii (western poison ivy) Trifolium hybridum (alsike clover) Trifolium pratense (red clover) Trifolium repens ssp. repens (white clover) Trillium grandiflorum (large-flowered trillium) Ulmus americana (American elm) Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis (American stinging nettle) Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus (common mullein) |
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